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Recently, Corinna Larsen revealed several secrets about her relationship with the king Emeritus of Spain, Juan Carlos I. Among them, who planned to marry. The relationship between businesswoman and monarch, which lasted for several years, continues to talk about. In this article we tell you in detail the most important details of this story.

Who is Corinna Larsen?

The full name of her is Corinna Zu Sayn-Wittgenstein. She is a German nationality. She was born in Frankfurt on January 28, 1964. She passed the summers with her parents in Spain (Marbella), a city where she was overall early with the most powerful. She studied international relations in Switzerland. She married twice: first with an English businessman and then with a German aristocrat, both very well positioned socially. In both relations she had a child.

How did she meet the king?

For anyone is a secret that the relationship of the kings of Spain Juan Carlos I and Sofia was just a mere appearance to sustain the crown. Their lives were separated into intimacy and the monarch was known by the multiple extramarital romances of him. A Corinna Larsen met her at a party in February 2004 in Ciudad Real. He was dazzled and began a friendship. She was still married, but she divorced the following year.

And the king arrived

Larsen says that the relationship was developed little by little. He called her on the phone continuously and thus spent several months. By then, the businesswoman lived in London, where she had just created a consultancy. They had several interests in common and liked to enjoy wine and good food.

Where did they see?

The meetings in Spain took place in a country house in Madrid (Finca La Angorrilla in Mingorrubio). The king tried to do everything possible because they were both together. On many occasions, Corinna accompanied him on trips and meetings. She tells that when you could not see each other 10 times a day, and that the relationship was intense and strong.

Wedding proposal

According to the German, the love that Juan Carlos I felt for her was so great that he was willing to separate from her. The businesswoman assures that she asked her to marry. In 2009, the king visited Corinna's father and ordered him. He explained that doing it would take time, but that he was serious with her. Corinna says she never made wedding illusions, because she knew that she would destabilize the Spanish monarchy, so she took the proposal as an act of commitment and love.

Disappointment

Corinna Larsen said that the relationship began to fail when the king confessed that she had a lover more than she had been watching three years. She revealed that this destroyed him and that she made it clear to the monarch that she would not tolerate that behavior. However, they continued together.

The end

The relationship was affected when in 2012 traveled together to Botswana to hunt elephants. The criticated episode shot the rumors about romance. Various controversies splashed the monarchy and Juan Carlos I had to abdicate the throne. It was then when the intense relationship was crumbled, which already added eight years.